Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County needs more of its residents to complete the census. That seemed to be the consensus at the Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Iron County residents are filling out the census at a rate of 37%, which is just over half of the state’s rate of 68%, according to information provided to the board. According to the information, the cities of Montreal and Hurley have a response rate of 56%; the towns of Gurney, Saxon, Kimball, Anderson, Knight and Pence have res...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps recorded its Fourth of July concert Wednesday evening at Massie Field in Bessemer. The concert will be posted on the Goldenaires' Facebook page at noon Saturday. Organizers said this may be their only concert of the season as the Coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancelation of all the events on the schedule. Only a few were allowed to sit in the bleachers Wednesday to take in the concert, including...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood’s office of Community Development is now shifting focus back to long-term projects after concentrating almost exclusively on COVID-19 relief efforts for small businesses. In terms of city operations the office of community development role transitioned almost exclusively to business support during the past few months of the COVID-19 situation, said Tom Bergman, director of Ironwood community development in his report to the Ironwood Economic Development Cor...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 3 Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, July 4 Community Pickleball,...
BERGLAND, Mich. - Marjorie Fisher 94, of Bergland, died Monday, June 29, 2020, in Bergland. She was born in Bergland, on Oct. 3, 1925, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Freed) Barthels. She attended school in Bergland and went on to attend Central Michigan University. During World War II, Marjorie worked at Collins Radio, soldering radio parts. It was there she met and married Charles Fisher on Aug. 5, 1947. In the 1960s and 70s, she worked at the intermediate school district office as a...